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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (1 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the current commuter Taxsaver programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33748/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (1 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to a request from the Health Service Executive (HSE) in which national approval is being sought for the establishment of a panel of nursing staff to be employed on a permanent basis by the HSE to provide homecare nursing services to children with complex medical conditions, if he will provide details of the recruitment process which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (1 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Health regarding current inadequacies in homecare nursing for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, due to the failure of the responsible private homecare agency to source adequate nursing staff; if he will provide details of the plans to recruit permanent staff to a nursing panel, which it is proposed will be responsible for providing homecare to this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (1 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all the appointments of a person (details supplied) was cancelled in Galway University Hospital in 2015, with the person now being unable to access Lidocaine infusion for pain management; when is it expected that this service will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33707/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expedite a long-awaited schools building project for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is aware of the current need to upgrade and replace much of the school's ageing facilities and equipment, particularly given that enrolment numbers for the 2015-2016 academic year have seen a marked increase by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (1 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to replace and-or renew the community involvement scheme and the local improvement scheme; if he is aware of the increased deterioration of many roads in rural Ireland, which would benefit from increased funding through the continuation of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33727/15]

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I listened to the debate earlier and it is very clear who is to blame. It is every single local authority in the State, it is every single county manager and city manager and it is the councillors who sit there. The Government has provided everything but, somehow, all of these local authorities have colluded to make sure that no houses are built and no houses which are currently not fit for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (30 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all incidents, including the date, model number and remedial action taken, regarding wheels on ambulances being found to be faulty for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: If we are talking about genuine reform, we should not repeat that in future years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. I wish to discuss the once-off expenditure measures. Let us consider the hypothetical example of restoring the Christmas bonus. Am I not correct in saying the expenditure benchmark will be measured against the expenditure of 2015? If there is an expenditure increase in the Department of Social Protection, that would be the baseline against which one will be measured...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Both.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I want to dig a bit deeper into this. I hear the Minister loud and clear in terms of the 2.3% deficit target. The issue arises as to whether there might be space for additional expenditure to by made in 2015 in circumstances where that target could still be met. Is there any space to spend or have supplementary welfare budgets beyond the overruns in the Department at this point that would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the permissible fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark available to him in budget 2016 and for the remainder of 2015, as part of the Government's budget 2016 announcements; if these figures take into account the need for increased spending due to demographics changes and inflation in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2016 (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: My question follows on from Deputy Michael McGrath's and amplifies the need for a better process for having more information available in respect of the budget. The Minister referred to staying within the fiscal space of 1.5%, which applies to the expenditure benchmark in budget 2016. However, he has strongly indicated that there is scope to introduce supplementary Estimates to deal with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: From what we believe from Frank Daly, the Minister was informed on 13 March that one of NAMA's biggest sales processes had a potential conflict of interest. I know from the Minister's briefing notes which we obtained under a freedom of information request that this potential conflict of interest would have shone negatively on NAMA. The Minister was informed of this fixer's fee, this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for putting that on the record. Now, hopefully, he will answer the question I specifically asked him, namely, when was he informed, in regard to the call from representatives of PIMCO about the sale of the Northern loan book, that there was a £15 million fixer's fee? When was he informed by NAMA of that? What did he tell NAMA to do on receipt of information to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: No, that is not it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the National Asset Management Agency notified him of an unsolicited approach by representatives of the Pacific Investment Management Company related to the sale of the agency's Northern Ireland loan book; and the action that he took after this notification was received. [33184/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Loan Book (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: This issue is being discussed on both sides of the Border. It relates to the sale of the Northern Ireland loan book by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and the fact that it is alleged there were fixer fees in the sales process. On what date was the Minister informed by NAMA of the unsolicited approach by representatives of Pacific Investment Management Company, PIMCO, relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (29 Sep 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the liquidation process at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; his views on whether the junior bondholders will receive payment during the process, the timeframe envisaged for such payments and the amounts estimated to be due. [32861/15]